HMS Leander was a second class cruiser, name ship of the Royal Navy's first Leander-class cruisers. During a revolution in Panama in 1900, Leander helped...
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Six ships of the Royal Navy, have been named HMS Leander after the Greek hero Leander: HMS Leander (1780) was a 52-gun fourth rate launched in 1780. She...
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Leander class was a four-ship cruiser programme ordered by the Admiralty in 1880. The class comprised HMS Leander, HMS Phaeton, HMS Amphion, and HMS Arethusa...
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She was broken up in 1934. HMS Arethusa (1882) was a Leander-class protected cruiser launched in 1882 and scrapped in 1905. HMS Arethusa (1913) was an Arethusa-class...
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1940, seriously damaged by a mine in 1944, and sold in 1950. HMS Scylla (F71) was a Leander-class frigate in service from 1970 to 1993, and sunk as an artificial...
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eighth HMS Penelope (97) was an Arethusa-class light cruiser launched in 1935 and sunk off Naples in 1944. The ninth HMS Penelope (F127) was a Leander-class...
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corvette launched in 1859, loaned to Canada from 1880 to 1882, and sold 1884. The fourth HMS Charybdis (1893) was an Astraea-class protected cruiser launched...
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HMS Curlew (1803) was a 16-gun sloop, previously named Leander, purchased in 1803 and sold in 1810. HMS Curlew (1812) was an 18-gun brig sloop of the Cruizer...
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HMS Leander was a 50-gun frigate (rated in the fourth rate) of the Royal Navy which saw service in the Crimean War. Leander operated from 1849 to 1856...
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HMS Arethusa was a second-class cruiser of the Leander class, which served with the Royal Navy. She was built at Napier, Glasgow, being laid down in 1880...
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